A lucky few have seen the pilot for the anticipated pre-Batman TV show Gotham and the reaction has been very, very positive. Several comments have described the show as “gorgeous” and “brilliantly cast”. TV Equals’ Sandrine Sahakians said the show is “fantastic… the trailers don’t do it justice… definitely top of my list this fall.” The only […]

With Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers set to return in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: The Winter Soldier star Frank Grillo has been chatting to Collider about the possibility of his character Brock Rumlow returning for 2016’s Captain America 3 (warning: The Winter Soldier spoilers follow). “”I’m cautiously optimistic that you will […]

Knocked for Six, 2012. Directed by Boyd Hicklin. Starring Stephen Curry, Damon Gameau, Madeleine West, Pallavi Sharda,  David Lyons, Brenton Thwaites, Brendan Cowell, Darshan Jariwala, Eddie Baroo and Ryan O’Kane. SYNOPSIS: Teddy (Curry) and his friends Rick (Cowell) and Stavros (Gameau) are, like most Australians, mad about cricket. When Rick and Stavros reveal that their […]

While The Dark Knight will be absent from Gotham, FOX’s upcoming Batman prequel series will explore the origins of some of the Caped Crusader’s greatest foes, with the likes of Oswald Cobblepot (The Penguin), Edward Nygma (The Riddler) and Selina Kyle (Catwoman) all set to feature in the pilot. And now showrunners Bruno Heller and […]

Rather than Commenting on the Critics, this week it’s a Comment on Television… As we approach the final five episodes of 24: Live Another Day, I cannot help but feel that the series has been hoisted by its own petard. Despite the ever-increasing high-standard of television drama, 24 has been a guilty-pleasure for many during […]

American radio personality and voice actor Casey Kasem has passed away today aged 82, his children have announced. Kasem – who was best known as the host of the American Top 40, as well as voicing Shaggy in Scooby-Doo – had been suffering from dementia, and was recently at the centre of a bitter family […]

Tom Jolliffe delves into The Dusty VHS Corner for a trio of stock footage spectaculars in Strategic Command, Stormcatcher and Steel Sharks… In the mid to late 90’s, there was an almost epidemic boom of straight to video films that featured plot-lines involving submarines or fighter planes. Why? Well given the vast majority of these […]

A Perfect Plan (French: Un plan parfait), 2012. Directed by Pascal Chaumeil. Starring Diane Kruger and Dany Boon. SYNOPSIS: To break the family curse one woman hatches the perfect plan for a quick fire marriage. Diane Kruger leaves the crime wave of American TV, and heads to France to concoct and take part in a […]

While Edgar Wright has remained silent in the week’s following his split from Marvel (well, apart from this image he posted to Twitter), his good buddy and regular collaborator Simon Pegg has shared a few thoughts on Wright’s Ant-Man departure during an interview with Alex Zane for Sky Movies: “I get why perhaps it’s happened,” […]

The Past (France: Le passé), 2013. Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Elyes Aguis and Pauline Burlet. SYNOPSIS: An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon […]